SCP-5023 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-5023
Expected annual
$28.1M
One-time setup
$141.8M
Annual recurring
$26.4M
Personnel
40
One-time establishment and hardened infrastructure costs are large (≈$142M) driven primarily by a contingency reserve and nationwide equipment/site upgrades; annual recurring costs are substantial (≈$26.4M/yr) driven by facility security/maintenance, persistent surveillance, and staff wages.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $141.8M
Contingency Reserve $100.0M
[#25] Contingency reserve for catastrophic / multi-site events (held as an available fund; size chosen as a moderate national-level reserve).
Equipment $26.0M
[#1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #17, #18, #19, #20, #23, #28] Purchase and deployment of monitoring systems and hardware: monitoring/intel systems and initial database ingest (#1), long-endurance drones and ISR platforms (#2), field sensor kits for sites (#3), training-range equipment (#5), EOD robots and disposal gear (#6), armored/utility vehicles (#7), surrogate ordnance stock (#17), forensic instrumentation (#18), physical perimeter/security upgrades at sites (#19), secure communications/command-center hardware (#20), allied bomb-squad grants (#23), and one-time regulatory/negotiation expenses (#28).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $8.5M
[#16] Secure laboratory buildout and instrumentation for multidisciplinary research into SCP-5023 (secure labs, containment-safe instrumentation, initial experiment setup).
Facilities $7.3M
[#9, #10, #24, #29] One-time construction and buildout: secure explosive magazines (#9), remote demolition/disposal range (#10), secure archive/setup (#24), and vault/long-term containment for recovered bracelets (#29).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $26.4M/yr
Facilities Maintenance $10.6M/yr
[#7, #9, #10, #19] Ongoing maintenance, security, fuel and depreciation for vehicles (#7), security/climate/compliance for explosive magazines (#9), demolition range operations and permits (#10), and site perimeter guard/monitoring contracts (#19).
Staff Wages $4.7M/yr
[#1, #4, #16] Salaries and benefits: MTF Sigma-301 operatives and specialists (#4), intelligence/analyst team plus legal and ops management (#1), and research staff salaries included in recurring research program (#16).
Research And Monitoring $3.0M/yr
[#16, #24] Recurring research program budgets, experiment operations, and analyst research projects into the game's mechanism and bracelet effects (secure experiment operations and research staff operational budgets).
Supplies And Consumables $1.1M/yr
[#6, #17, #18, #3, #5] Consumables and spare parts: EOD robot parts/consumables (#6), disposal and test-material replenishment (#17), forensic consumables and calibrations (#18), sensor connectivity/IoT service for field nodes (#3), plus recurring training consumables (#5).
Logistics And Transport $1.0M/yr
[#26] Transportation and logistics: charter flights, heavy cargo movement, evidence transport, and recurring deployment logistics for multi-site responses.
Contingency Reserve Maintenance $1.0M/yr
[#25] Cost of maintaining / insuring a large contingency reserve and readiness (liquidity, administrative, and low-rate maintenance costs).
Sensor Network Maintenance $600K/yr
[#3] Annual connectivity, site-level maintenance, and replacement cycle for deployed chemical/sniffer and crowd sensors across monitored sites.
Environmental Remediation Fund $500K/yr
[#11] Annual baseline provisioning for small-scale environmental remediation and UXO clearance; major events budgeted in incident scenarios.
Reconstruction Reserve $500K/yr
[#12] Annual baseline allocation toward potential structural demolition, repair, and rebuilding after events; large repairs handled per-incident.
Prevention Programs $500K/yr
[#30] Intelligence-driven prevention and public education programs to reduce risky gatherings around explosive stockpiles.
Persistent Surveillance $350K/yr
[#2] Satellite imagery subscriptions and leased ISR/drone operations (annual imagery subscriptions and contracted ISR access).
Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr
[#14] Ongoing legal, PR, FOIA handling, and cover-story maintenance budgets for routine engagements and low-profile incidents.
On Call Ems Contracts $300K/yr
[#8] Contracted paramedic and firefighting standby agreements and reimbursements for regional response support.
Covert Procurement $300K/yr
[#22] Payments to industry assets, insiders, and covert channels for sampling and HUMINT within explosives supply chains.
Training And Certification $300K/yr
[#5] Recurring specialized MTF and allied training, joint exercises, and certification costs.
Allied Training Program $300K/yr
[#23] Funding and recurring support for upskilling local bomb squads and joint exercises.
Evacuation Fund $250K/yr
[#13] Annual preparedness allocation for evacuation, temporary housing, humanitarian assistance for small incidents.
Liability Reserve $250K/yr
[#15] Small annual reserve for potential civil liability and settlements; large payouts are scenario-driven.
Media Monitoring $150K/yr
[#27] Active monitoring of social channels and rapid-response counter-messaging budgets.
Data Storage And Recordkeeping $150K/yr
[#24] Secure archival storage, long-term incident logging, and legal recordkeeping maintenance.
Regulatory Upkeep $100K/yr
[#28] Ongoing costs for maintaining MOUs, interagency agreements, and regulatory coordination.
Archives Maintenance $75K/yr
[#29] Monitoring and upkeep for long-term containment vaults and tamper-evident storage for recovered artifacts.
Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $26.4M/yr
85.0% probability / year
No major SCP-5023 incidents; routine monitoring, maintenance, research, and preparedness activities only.
routine_operations no_confirmed_events
🚨 Minor Incident $28.4M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized SCP-5023 event (hobbyist range or single small factory) requiring MTF deployment, local remediation, evacuation, and modest legal/PR response.
single_site_event small-scale_remediation
🚨 Major Incident $76.4M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Large munitions complex or multi-building factory SCP-5023 event with extensive remediation, reconstruction, mass evacuation, and major legal/compensation costs.
large_munitions_complex multi-building_damage mass_evacuation
👥 Personnel 40 total
Role Count Notes
Mobile Task Force / MTF Agent 18 Dedicated Sigma-301 operatives included in recurring MTF salary budget [#4].
Intelligence Analyst 10 Analyst team to maintain monitoring database and tip-lines; salaries included in staff wages [#1].
Research Scientist 6 Multi-disciplinary research team included in recurring research staffing [#16].
Lawyer / Legal Counsel 1 Legal team to secure records and handle legal matters; salary included in recurring staff wages [#1, #14].
Site Director / Ops Manager 1 Operations manager for monitoring unit and response coordination; included in recurring staff wages [#1].
Medical Officer 2 Medical support for deployments and incident response; included in staff wages [#4].
Administrative Staff 2 Administrative and recordkeeping staff included in staff wages [#24].
Engineer / Maintenance 2 Technical maintenance for EOD robots, drones, and vehicles; salary portion included in staff wages [#6, #2, #7].
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates rely on broad, high-variance ranges in the analyst notes (per-incident costs span orders of magnitude and frequency of SCP-5023 events is uncertain), so overall confidence in precise dollar figures is low.
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